Sierra Club releases incomprehensible environmental voting study

The Connecticut Chapter of the Sierra Club came out with an odd ranking today of legislators' votes on environmental issues important to the group.It's odd because they didn't rank by specific legislator, but rather by town, and spread over a 9-year period.Is it just us, or does this make the entire study a somewhat useless exercise?For example, they rank Torrington as voting with the Sierra Club's stand on environmental issues 76 percent of the time, but different legislators have been in office over those 9 years, and right now, Torrington is represented by two different state representatives, from two different parties, with a pretty different approach to most issues.Well, for what it's worth, here's their ranking of area towns:Avon 88Barkhamsted 67Burlington 40Canaan 74Canton 92Goshen 94Granby 53Hartland 74Harwinton 40Litchfield 54Morris 57New Hartford 53Norfolk 74North Canaan 74Salisbury 94Sharon 94Simsbury 69Thomaston 40Torrington 76Winchester 74Here's the Sierra Club's explanation:This study shows, from 2000 through 2008, how the representatives from each town voted on environmental issues. The spread of voting scores was dramatic. Some Connecticut towns scored close to 100%, while others failed to muster even 50%. The average score for all towns was 78%, which means that about four of every five votes was in support of the environment. The study was prepared by Martin Mador, CT Sierra Legislative and Political Chair.John Blake, Sierra Chapter Chair, said “We believe this new study will help people understand how their representatives are either voting to support the environment, or are voting not to.”

Isn't it interesting that Avon and Canton are at the top of the list and have been represented by Kevin Witkos for the past six years but the Sierra club has endorsed his opponent. Who cares what someone's records stands for with liberal organizations like the Siera club